I need a binder to hold choir music one that will not split along the spine. A weak or splitting spine requires extra energy to hold it during rehearsal and performance not to mention potential disaster on stage! For this reason I chose to replace my old binder with this one and the spine seems fine. My problem with it is that I need pockets inside the cover. I tried to put ONE piece of paper in the front one and it completely split out at the bottom. I tried the back one and the same thing happened. Superglue doesn't work on this plastic either. I bought a supplemental internal pocket but it really takes up too much space in the rings with all of my music in there. My advice: If you want pockets DON'T buy this binder. Another thing that you may like (or not): The edges are also rubberized. This makes it harder for me to slide the binder in and out of my music bag. However it helps keep the binder from sliding on a desk etc. Even though I am pleased with the rubberized spine I almost rated this with one star because I was so irked about the pockets.
This replaces a binder that literally fell apart within a year. I am sure this will far outlast my original binder. In addition it holds more sheets in the same 1" space because of the clip design. BTW my wife liked the first one of these that I bought she 'appropriated' it. I had to buy a second one for myself.
I bought four last year. I thought they were expensive when I bought them. I am still using the binders. They still look like new. Well worth the money.
As noted above only Staples better quality binders are my preference. The real heavy duty binders are made with a one push button to open and they have worked very well as I purchased 3" 2" 1" binders and have no problem. This August I also purchased 8 binders with the plastic window on the side (shown above)for my Granddaughter for high school -- all various sizes which were required by her school; and different colors which she preferred in order to be able to tell her just what was which subject matter (3" 2" 1") and they work like a charm. Would have liked them to be more around $5 to $6 dollars instead of $8... due to other items needed. Just for the record I am 70 years old not 13 but still check marked the "I am 13 or OLDER TAB!!
These notebooks are great for school! The notebooks my kids had before only seemed to last half the school year. The Better view Binders we bought at the beginning of last year we started the school year with this year. We also bought a few more this August. They are definitely worth the extra money!